Cabinet



E. G. GREEN.

J an. 30, 1923.

2 SHEETS-SHEET '2.

QABINET. FILED APR- 24, 1922.

Patented Jan. 30, 1923. I I 1,443.622

UNITED srarrsrarsnr EDWARD e. GREEN, or BUFFALO, NEW YORK, Ass'reitoiz TO tannin" 00. Image BUFFALO; NEW YORK. a

CABINET.

Application filed. April 24, 1922 Serial No. 556,162.

To all whom it may concern: 7 In order to hold the several boxes creases Be it known that I, EDWARD G. GREEN, inoperative relation to each other-reform.

a citizen of the United States, residing at acabinet; four corner pieces or members Bi Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of are preferably provided which in the corn New York, have invented a new and useful struetion. shown are 'i-n the form of strips 60 i Improvement in Cabinets, of. which the folof wood or similar material; Thes'e'corn'er V lowing is a specification. pieces may be secured to the boxes in any This invention relates to cabinets of the suitable. manner, the corner-piecesbeing 'for kind adapted to be used to display goods of this'purpose provided with a pluralityof y 10 various kinds. holes adapted to receive bolts or rods for 65 The objects of this invention are to proholding together the parts of the cabinet." vide a cabinet of this kindwhich is mainly The boxes when assembled with the corner constructed of shipping boxes or crates, so pieces are so arranged that the open for" that the goods to be displayed can be topsides of the boxesface the front ofthe. shipped in the boxes which after being uncabinet and the ends of the boxes are at 70 packed are assembled with certain other the sides of the cabinet,-the side wallsvot parts, to form a cabinet in which the goods the'boxes being arranged horizontally and can be displayed; also to improve the conforming shelves for the goods. Forholding struction of devices of this kind in other the upper two boxes "or cases linplace the' respects hereinafter specified. corner pieces are provided with holes Z) and: 75 Inthe accompanying drawings: b adapted to rece ve bolts or rods Gtand Fig.2 is a perspective 'view of a cabinet C. The holes Z) are so drilled in thecor-- embodying the invention. nerpiecesthat therods connecting the front Fig. 2 is a perspective view thereof showand rear corner pieces will extend undering the cabinet without the hangings and neath the upper cleats .ofzthe boxes so that 0 covering material. the weight of these boxes willb'e transmitted Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation thereof on to the corner pieces throughthe medium of line 33, Fig. i. the upper cleats of each 'box resting upon Fig. 4 is a side elevation thereof. the bolts C., The holes 6 in the corner .Fig. 5 is a front elevation of a pair of pieces are so drilled or. located'therein that 85,

corner, pieces 'oruprights used in the cabinet. the bolts or rods C extending through .these' Fig. 6 is a perspective view illustrating holes willqpass through the upper two boxes. the manner of assembling the cabinet. adjacent to the inner faces ofthe end walls It is sometimes desirable for a merchant thereof means of this arrangement eabhf to send out with a consignment of goods a end wall of the upper two boxes is engaged 90. suitable cabinet or case in which the goods by two bolts,';o*ne ofthe bolts being arranged can be displayed, and this invention aims at the outside of "the wallandbelow the to improve the construction of cabinets of upper cleat thereof and the other boltfon this kind by making it possible to build up the inner face ofthe ,wall. Consequently 40 the cabinets largely from packing boxes in the corner pieces-will be rigidly fixed with ,95 which the goods to be displayed may be reference to these two boxes or crates. The, shipped. inner bolts C also serve the further pur} I In the particular embodiment of theinpose of forming supports forthe opposite vention shown in the drawin s. the cabinet ends of shelvesD arranged within theboxes is built up of three packing boxes A A and in such a manner as to divide "the interior A which may be of any suitable or desired of the boxes 'intotwo parts or compartconstruction, those shown beingpreferably meuts. The bolts or rods may be held in 1 provided at opposite ends with cleats or place on the cabinetin any suitable or destrips a which preferably reinforce the corsired manneiythose used in the construction 50 ners of the boxes or cases and also serve to shown being-provided at their front ends facilitate the assembling of the cabinet. with heads 0 and at their rear ends with These cleats have heretofore been used in thumb nutscso that no tools are required connection with shipping boxes and of for assembling the cabinet. By connecting themselves constitute no part of this in at least two of theboxes tothe corner'pieces 55 vention. a by means of bolts or rods engaging the inside and outside faces of the endv walls of the box as described, the corner pieces will be rigidly held in place with referenceto the boxes and consequently the other boxes may be supported from the cor er pieces in any desired manner, since the other box or boxes need not be depended upon to secure the corner pieces in correct relation to each other. .5

The lowest box of the cabinet may be held in. place in thesame manner as the other boxes, if desired. In the construction shown this box is supported from the corner pieces by means of bolts or rods C corresponding to the bolts used for the same purpose in connection with the upper two boxes, these bolts or rods'engaging the upper cleats a of the lowest box. Generally one of the boxes is preferably adapted to form a relatively high shelf so that no intermediate partition or shelf is required in this box, and in the construction shown,the lowest box of the cabinet is used in this manner. For this purpose the lowest bolts C of the cabinet are preferably so arranged relatively to the corner pieces that the bolts will engage the bottom face of the lowest box or case 1 The lower ends of the corner pieces preferably project below the bottom of the lowest box so as to form feet on which the cabinet stands.

The boxes are preferably spaced apart so that the top of each box forms a shelf, as well as the bottom thereof. The particular arrangement of the bolts with reference to the corner pieces and boxes or crates described is preferably used, but this arrangement can be changed without departing from this invention. The corner pieces of the cabinet are preferably finished in such a manner as to present an attractive appearance and those edges or faces of the boxes or crates.

which are visible may also be finished if desired, or if unfinished, may be covered with shelf paper or other material to present an attractive appearance. Thesides of the cabinet are preferably covered with strips of cloth or other material E to hide the end portions of the shipping boxes and the bolts. In a similar manner the front of the cabi net may be closed by means of a curtain F suspended from hinged supporting rods 7. In the particular construction shown, other supporting rods f and f are provided which. together with the curtain-supporting rod 7, are suitably pivoted on a pivot "plate G secured to one of the corner pieces. The pivot plates may be secured to a corner piece in any suitable manner, the plate shown being held in place by one of the bolts C and by a short bolt H. The bolt H extends through he pivot plate and the front corner piece and is secured thereto by a thumb nut 71 Fig. i. These supporting rods may be used.

for displaying textile material, garments or other articles for sale.

The cabinet may be readily assembled as shown in Fig. 6, by inserting in the first place the bolts C which are adapted to engage the cleats of the boxes. If the corner pieces with the bolts in place are then laid on a floor, the boxes can be readily placed into their operative positions and the bolts C can then be inserted to engage the inner faces of the sidewalls of the boxes. The other corner pieces can be readily placed into their operative positions at the other sides of the boxes. i

The construction described has the ad vantage that in order to supply a customer with a cabinet of this kind it is only necessary to send him the four corner pieces to gether with the necessary bolts, covering material and hangers, which'can be packed into a comparatively small bundle. The.

other parts of the cabinet form packing boxes which contain the. goods to be dis played. The parts of the cabinet are, therefore, inexpensive to construct and the assembling of the cabinet is very easily done.

I claim as my invention:

1. A cabinet includingcorner pieces, a

)luralit' of shinning boxes secured to said .5 .L .L n:

corner pieces in spaced relation to each other to form shelves, and bolts connecting said corner pieces and forming supports for said boxes, said bolts being so arranged with reference to the boxes as to engage opposite faces of the end walls of the boxes ainl thereby rigidly secure the corner pieces to the boxes.

2. A cabinet comprising a plurality of Walls of the boxes are arranged in substantially parallel horizontal planes and form shelves, and means for securing said boxes to said corner pieces. i

A cabinet comprising a plurality of shipping boxes having end walls and side walls, corner pieces to which said boxes are secured, said boxes being arranged one above the other and spaced apart so that the side walls of the boxes are arranged in substantially parallel horizontal planes and form shelves, and rods connecting adjacent front and rear corner pieces and securing said corner pieces and said boxes together.

41-. cabinet comprising a plurality of shipping boxes having end walls and side walls, corner pieces to which saidboxes are secured, said boxes being ar 'anged one above the other and spaced apart so that the side walls of the boxes are arranged in substanpieces by having each end wall thereof engaged by two rods, one engaging the inner face of an end wall and the other rod engaging the outer face of the same end wall.

5. A cabinet comprising a plurality of shipping boxes having end walls provided with cleats on their outer faces, corner pieces to which said boxes may be secured and which are held in correct relation to each other by said boxes, and bolts extending through said corner pieces and engaging said cleats .for suspending said boxes from said corner pieces, and other bolts extending through said corner pieces and engaging the inner faces of said end walls for holding said corner pieces against displacement relatively to said boxes. I

6. A cabinet comprising a plurality of shipping boxes, corner pieces to which said boxes may be secured and having parts extending below the lowestof said boxes to form feet for said cabinet, securing means for connecting said boxes and said corner pieces, some of said securing means forming supports for shelves arranged within said boxes.

7. A cabinet comprising a plurality of shipping boxes having end walls and side walls, corner pieces to which said boxes are secured, said boxes being arranged one above the other and spaced apart so that the side walls of the boxes are arranged in substantially parallel horizontal planes and form shelves, and means for securing said boxes to said corner pieces, said corner pieces extending below the lowest of said boxes to form the feet of the cabinet;

,8. A cabinet comprising-a plurality of shipping boxes having end walls and side walls, corner pieces to which said boxes are secured, said boxes. being arranged one above the other and spacedapart so that the side walls of the boxes are arranged in substantially parallel horizontal planes and form shelves, rods connecting adjacent front and rear corner pieces, sa1d rods also servlng to secure the boxes to sa1d corner pieces,

at least two boxes being secured to said corner pieces'by having each end wall thereof engaged by two rods, one engaging the inner face of an end wall and the other'rod engaging the outer face of the same end wall,

and shelves arranged within said boxes and adapted to rest on said rods which engage the inner faces of'said end walls;

9. A cabinet comprising a plurality of shipping boxes, corner pieces to which said boxes 'are'secured with their open sides facmg the front of the cabinet, said boxes be ing spaced apart to form shelves for sup porting articles, a pivot plat-e secured to one of said corner pieces, and a curtain support pivotallymounted on said pivot plate and adapted to support a curtain and to be swung into a position to swing said curtain in front of the open side of said cabinet.

rods extending through said front. and rear corner pieces and engaging the inner faces of said end walls for securely holdingsaid corner pieces with reference to said boxes.

EDWARD G. GREEN. 

